This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 38 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Try $\rightarrow$ A) Tryied. B) Tried. C) Tryed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried. 2. Change the verb in the bracets into Past TenseZahra:Did you drink any beer last night? Anita:I (not/drink) ..... any beer last night. A) Don't drink. B) Doesn't drink. C) Didn't drink. D) Wasn't drink. E) Didn't drunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't drink. 3. What is the past tense of hug? A) Hugs. B) Hugged. C) Hugging. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hugged. 4. Choose the correct past tense for ' dry ' A) Drying. B) Dryed. C) Dries. D) Dried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dried. 5. Jason ..... the floor last night. A) Sweeps. B) Sweeping. C) Sweep. D) Swept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swept. 6. I ..... up, ..... and ..... breakfast. A) Had got dressed had. B) Had got had dressed had had. C) Was getting was dressing was having. D) Got dressed had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got dressed had. 7. Do they ..... me so well. A) Knows. B) Know. C) Knew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Know. 8. Fill in the blank:The past tense of 'to enjoy' is ..... A) Enjoyed. B) Enjoyd. C) Enjoys. D) Enjoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoyed. 9. Read the Wh-question and its answer. Determine if they are CORRECT or INCORRECT. (Simple Past)What did you do on your last vacation?I stayed at home on my last vacation. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 10. I ..... my new neighbor in this cafe lastnight. A) Met. B) Meet. C) Meeting. D) Meets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 11. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.She ..... her hands thoroughly at the sink an hour ago. (wash) A) Washhed. B) Washed. C) Washd. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washed. 12. What is the ending form of regular verbs that end in CONSONANT + Y? A) YED. B) ED. C) IED. D) Any answer is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IED. 13. Angela ..... a good teacher A) Been. B) Wered. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 14. Read the Wh-question and its answer. Determine if they are CORRECT or INCORRECT. (Simple Past)When did you organised the meeting?I organised the party yesterday. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 15. Pio:Where did you go last night?Jes: ..... A) I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying at home. B) I will not go anywhere. I'll stay at home. C) I do not go anywhere. I stay at home. D) I did not go anywhere. I stayed at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I did not go anywhere. I stayed at home. 16. She ..... this food here every afternoon for lunch A) Do not eat. B) Did not eat. C) Does not eat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does not eat. 17. What is the past tense of the verb 'to love'? A) Loven. B) Loves. C) Loving. D) Loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loved. 18. What is the main characteristic of Regular Verbs in the Simple Past tense? A) Spelling changes partially. B) Consonant + vowel + consonant ending. C) D ending. D) ED ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ED ending. 19. My brother and I ..... at Brazil last month A) Been. B) Work. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 20. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.I ..... to do my best during the exam. (try) A) Try. B) Tried. C) Tryed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried. 21. What happen with the Irregular Verbs in the Simple Past tense? A) Spelling changes partially or totally. B) Add ED at the end of the verb. C) Consonant + vowel + consonant ending. D) ED ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spelling changes partially or totally. 22. Bilqis:How did you go to Bali?Tommy:I ..... by plane A) Had. B) Went. C) Arrived. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 23. One day, a little mouse ..... to the desert. She ..... a voice under a rock. A) Walk/ hear. B) Walks/hear. C) Walked/hear. D) Walked/heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked/heard. 24. Fill in the blank:The past tense of 'to lie' is ..... A) Lied. B) Lain. C) Lying. D) Lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lied. 25. The interrogative sentence for:''She baked a cake last Sunday." is ..... A) She bake a cake last Sunday?. B) Did she bake a cake last Sunday?. C) Did she baked a cake last Sunday?. D) She did bake a cake last Sunday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did she bake a cake last Sunday?. 26. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.The movie was amazing. I ..... it very much. (enjoy) A) Enjoyyed. B) Enjoyed. C) Enjoied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoyed. 27. She ..... a beautiful song on the stage last night on TV. A) Sung. B) Sang. C) Sings. D) Is singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sang. 28. I ..... at 5 am every morning A) Get up. B) Gets up. C) Got up. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get up. 29. The kids ..... (not sit) on the sofa. A) Was sit. B) Were sit. C) Wasn't sitting. D) Weren't sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't sitting. 30. Which of the following verbs follows the rule of adding only-d to form the past tense? A) To stop. B) To like. C) To study. D) To plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To like. 31. Dad bought a new bike for me. The negative form of the sentence above is ..... A) Dad doesn't bought a new bike for me. B) Dad didn't buy a new bike for me. C) Dad didn't bought a new bike for me. D) Dad is not buy a new bike for me. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dad didn't buy a new bike for me. 32. When I was in the zoo, I ..... some desert animals. A) Saw. B) See. C) Seen. D) Sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 33. Complete the sentence/question below with the correct form of the verb (Simple Past).Alex did not ..... last weekend. A) Worked. B) Workked. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work. 34. Complete the sentence/question below with the correct form of the verb (Simple Past).Did Mike ..... his grandmother last night? A) Visited. B) Visitted. C) Visit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visit. 35. Fill in the blank:The past tense of 'to try' is ..... A) Tries. B) Trying. C) Tryed. D) Tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tried. 36. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.The doctor ..... the same patients in the ward since last Saturday. (treat) A) Treatted. B) Treatd. C) Treated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treated. 37. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.The police ..... me on my way home last night. (stop) A) Stopped. B) Stoped. C) Stoppeed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stopped. 38. What is the classification of verbs in the Simple Past Tense? A) Active and Passive verbs. B) Regular and Irregular verbs. C) D or ED verbs. D) All options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular and Irregular verbs. 39. Where did he go yesterday? A) He go to the bookstore. B) He goes to the bookstore. C) He gone to the bookstore. D) He went to the bookstore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He went to the bookstore. 40. He ..... in this sofa with my cat last night A) Sleeps. B) Slept. C) Sleep. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slept. 41. While I ..... TV, mother ..... and my sister ..... the table. A) Had watched, had cooked, had laid. B) Was watching, had cooked, was laying. C) Watched, cooked, laid. D) Was watching, was cooking, was laying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching, was cooking, was laying. 42. When she was at the beach, she ..... sea shells. A) Saw. B) Seeing. C) Sees. D) Seed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 43. Read the following sentences and mark the ones that are correct. A) We liveed in Quito last year. (live). B) Any sentence is correct. C) That event occured yesterday. (occur). D) Carla always tryed to study at night. (try). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any sentence is correct. 44. I ..... to call you yesterday but you ..... home. A) Tried-weren't. B) Tried-wasn't. C) Tried-were. D) Was tried-weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tried-weren't. 45. What happen to the regular verbs that end in CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT? A) We have to change the last consonant. B) Nothing happens. C) We just have to add ED. D) The last consonant is duplicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The last consonant is duplicated. 46. The teacher ..... to class yesterday because she ..... seriously ill. A) Didn't come-was. B) Came-was. C) Didn't came-was. D) Didn't come-wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't come-was. 47. I ..... a letter for my mom today A) Wrote. B) Writes. C) Write. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 48. She was absent yesterday. I didn't ..... her at school. A) See. B) Seeing. C) Sees. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 49. In the regular verbs that end in CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT and the STRESS is in the FIRST vowel, the last consonant is NOT duplicated. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 50. What is the past tense of the verb 'to plan'? A) Planned. B) Plans. C) Planed. D) Planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planned. 51. Form a question from the sentence:I walked to work yesterday. A) Were you walk to work yesterday?. B) Did you walk to work yesterday?. C) Walked you to work yesterday?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you walk to work yesterday?. 52. Fill in the blank:The past tense of 'to stop' is ..... A) Stoped. B) Stopping. C) Stopped. D) Stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stopped. 53. Where ..... Margarita the last year? A) Wer. B) Were. C) Wase. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 54. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.I ..... English for two years. (study) A) Studyed. B) Studyd. C) Studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied. 55. He ..... (not / phone) his friend last Friday. A) Didn't phoned. B) Didn't phone. C) Not phoned. D) Doesn't phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't phone. 56. Maya wrote a letter for her pen pal.The negative form of the sentence above is ..... A) Maya didn't wrote a letter for her pen pal. B) Maya didn't write a letter for her pen pal. C) Maya doesn't wrote a letter for her pen pal. D) Maya doesn't write a letter for her pen pal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maya didn't write a letter for her pen pal. 57. Which sentence below does NOT refer to Simple Past Tense? A) He always wears a white hat. B) Oriana purchased a new blouse one hour ago. C) We didn't go to the cinema last night. D) Did Anita wash her clothes yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He always wears a white hat. 58. Change the sentence from present to past tense:Ahmed is in class today. A) Ahmed is in class yesterday. B) Ahmed were in class yesterday. C) Ahmed was in class yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ahmed was in class yesterday. 59. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.Alex ..... hard last weekend. (work) A) Workeed. B) Worked. C) Workd. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 60. Read the Wh-question and its answer. Determine if they are CORRECT or INCORRECT. (Simple Past)Why did you close the store?Because I wanted to go home early. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Tense Quiz 1Simple Past Tense Quiz 2Simple Past Tense Quiz 3Simple Past Tense Quiz 4Simple Past Tense Quiz 5Simple Past Tense Quiz 6Simple Past Tense Quiz 7Simple Past Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books